Main Hypocrisy Nod Discussion

Can I question why Pot Calling The Kettle Black links to Hypocrisy Nod? The pot/kettle idiom is not about acknowledging your own hypocrisy, but about a person making an accusation despite being far worse in that particular way than the one they are accusing. Hypocrisy Nod is an extension to that, but the main idiom doesn't include acknowledgement.

The link is broken. The strip, once found, doesn't seem to contain hypocrisy: the author appears to be saying "this behaviour is common in fanboys like me but it's bad I don't do it."The examples of Straw Loser in the strip are obvious parodies and not to be taken straight.

It's possible the trope turns up in his work elsewhere but remember the reader may not know the work — we're aiming at a general audience. This is one reason why we have to have details. An example with just an offsite link isn't usable.

"We hold the truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." The overall consensus among historians is that the Founding Fathers were well aware of just how hypocritical that statement actually was when they used it, given the country's institution of slavery at the time.

Because that's not a Hypocrisy Nod. One needs to acknowledge it, not just recognize it.

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